There was a period a couple years ago when I was interviewed on several podcasts. It takes a while to get over being nervous and just enjoy yourself. The more you do the easier it gets. The other thing that helps is a good interviewer. I’ve been interviewed by hosts with mediocre interview skills and by one who I thought was outstanding. He put me at ease and made me feel like he was really listening to my responses rather than waiting for me to finish so he could move on to the next question he’d thought up two weeks earlier.

One thing that I, as a listener, enjoy is when an interviewee turns some of the questions back on the interviewer and it becomes an actual conversation in which both sides share insights. Some interviewers are caught off guard and don’t know how to respond when you try that approach, though.

Good luck with the next interview.